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In an English Hotel.

Tho style of charging dinners is to submit
to you n printed blank upon which what YOU
have ordered is written, and Just before rising
from the table you are desired to approve il
by signature before the waiter carries it to
the cashier to be charged to your account,
and if staying ut tho hotel for few days you
arc only permitted to pay for what you order
on leaving, or, il remaining more than
week. at the end of each week, when the huge
bill of items is handed in. 1t is of course i'm.
possible to tell then if the charges for the
various meals, ETC., have yil been made cor.
roctly unless ono is blcst with memory not
vouchsafed to ordinary mortals, or does as
friend of the author did who was staying
there with his family, make daily record Of
everything they ordered in his pocket memo.
randa, by which he discovered an error OF
account.
'ln future, said he to the bookkeeper, u
will pay the waiter for each meal as finish"
"Quite impossible, assure you, sir"
"Why SO! l observe people do it every
day"
"Er-yes, beg your pardon, but those ore
transients, sir"
"Wcll, consider Inc a transient and I'll pay
as they do"
"Really! We couldn't-we-ah-hav to
have system--our enormous business,
domcher know"
Enormous businessl What do you call
an enormous business?" said tho now irate
American.
"Why, immense dinner trade; why, we
often have to dine $50 persons day hynrni
and the Young man leaned back us if half
expecting the American woul reel under his
announcement.
Glow manyP said tho latter.
"Two hundred and fifty day!"
"Now, look here, young man, don't ever
tell that to any other American; if you do,
he will laugh i'll your face for calling it big
business. Why, am from second rate city
where at one of our regular hotels from 5UI
to 600 are dined daily, while three or four
clubs of thirty to forty members each are
having dinners i'll different parts of the house
at the same time"
"Rcally-most extwardinary."
Extraordinary! No, sir; have sat down
i'll dining room at Saratoga Springs where
over 900 were dined at once with not half
the trouble of getting served that there is in
this country. ."-Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The Dickinson press., 1887-08-13

Gen. Rufus King "
King of revolution
ary times. He was
born in 1911. in New
York. and was grad
uatctl at West Point
in 1893, beng attach
ed to the engineer
corps. He WAS i'll
turn a sllpcl'i.ltcnh-
ing railway engineer,
an editor and minis.
ter to Rome. During
the war he was a
brigatlier general of
volunteers, attached
to McDowell's corps.
He commanded n di-.
vision during the
campaign Of the Ar
my Of Virginia. a.sllbsc-
qucntly taking part
iptb.l,attl,,v,fJr.,I
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>' -
in 1878. He received
Il thorough military
education. partly at
n training school in
France and after
ward at West Point,
where he graduated
in 1893. He served in
the Mexican war. He
was the commanding
general at the first
hattie and Union de-
feat ot Bull Run,
July, 1861. He was
not blamed for the
defeat, however. He
The Dickinson press., 1887-08-13

close he was engaged i'll making government
surveys till the outbreak OF the civil war.
AS Typographical engineer he did consider
able experimenting i'll the line of boring arte-
sian wells to obtain a water supply on the
arid western plains.
In 1851 he was made n brigader general
OF volunteers, and the district of Northern
Missouri was PLACED in his charge. After
ward he commanded the Army of the Missis-
sippi In March, 1862, he was promoted to
be major general of volunteers. From these
experiences he was called east in June and
placed at the head of the Army of Virginia.
He wns to reorganize and consolidate it. In
July he became brigadier general i'll the
regular army.
At the close of the campaign, which is the
subject of this chapter in war history, in Sep.
tember, 1862, Cen Pope requested to be re-
lievcd of the command of the Army of Vir-
ginia and go back west He was permitted
to do 80, and received back his old command
in the northwest. He is now retired from the
regular army.
49,, 1,,.;,, commanded l),,,,., ;r,l
The Dickinson press., 1887-08-13

in the civil war. h"
was not educated at
West Point. He be-
came n lawyer. en-
tered politics, $, rvrd
four terms in CON
ErcSS, was minister
to Brazil, entered The
army M thcoutbrcak
of the war and BE-
canca brigatlier gen
cral of volunteers.
He was ut the first
battle of Bull Run,
passed through the
campaign of the She
nantloah and took
mart in pf,nr'S ,nn,
The Dickinson press., 1887-08-13

ginia campaign. He
belonged to the fa-
nous Bufords Of
kentucky, a family
noted for furnishing
a number of soldiers
TO both sides during
the civil war. Gen.
Buford was born in
I'..Ii. and was n grad
uatc of West Point.
Like a horse loving
Kentuckian. he en-
tcrcitile cavalry SER
vice of the United
States army. He was
one Of the most use.
full Of the cavalry Of.
The Dickinson press., 1887-08-13
Secondhand Goods.

Matter Of Fact Lady pointing to art treas
ure)-Thnt's rea! cute
Entliusiast-Yes it's nearly 200 years old.
Matter Of Fact Lady tencouraged)-Never
mind; nobody would know if you didn't tell,
and it's real pretty all the same.
Enthusiast is moved to otesrs.-Town Topics
The Dickinson press., 1887-08-13
order Halleck telegraphed only: "The order
will not be rescinded, and you will be ex-
pected to execute it with all possible prompt


ness"
Accordingly, with a heavy heart, McClcl-
Ian prepared to move his army out of the
peninsula to AcGuia creek and nearer Pope
If Mcclellan and Halleck had only known
it, Richmond could then have been taken
almost without blow, for by the 18th of
August that city had been nearly stripped of
troops.
The next campaign i'll Virginia was to he
of where the last one had closed i'll the Shell-
andoah valley.
The reader will observe on the map the
town of Gortlonsville, Oh the Orange and
Alexandria railroad. The Confederates We're
we'll informed rs to Federal movements.
They early learned that Pope's forces We're
concentrating near Gortlonsville. This was
q railroad center. and kept Richmond i'll COM
muncation with the region both to the west
ward and southwark, enabling it to draw
supplies.
Pope resolved to take possession of Cor
louisville. An order to seize it and destroy
the railroads had been given rs early as July
II, but was not carried out.
To preserve Go;lunSville Lee had hurried
division after division of his army away from
Richmond to that place. First Jackson and
louisville. Jackson and Ewell went as early
as July Is. Aug. IS, Just at the time Nc
Clellan was Withdrawing reluctantly from
the James. the rest of the Confederate divi-
sions, I4ony>tlcct's and Hoods. and nearly all
of Magru,,cr's and lIugers, started to join tho
main body ut Govdonsville. There was thus
prospect for u large fight. The scene was
now to ir changed from the Chickahominy
and the Shenandoah to the Rappallannock
and Bull Enn.
Brig. Gems. Bufor,l and Bayarl had COM
mlnI of PODp'S cavalry.
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command Of n brig
adc which did hot
fighting. He held the
Confederate right
Banks threw one Of
his columns across
the wheat field and
attacked at that
point. Early, seeing
that he was to be
driven back, called
for re.cnforcements.
A brigade from Hills
division was sent to
him.
.Jubal Early wns
born in Virginia in
1878 md v.ns ,-r,,I,,
The Dickinson press., 1887-08-13

the United States
army on the frontier
untilthc bcginningof
the civil war. Then
lie took sides with
the Confedcracy and
became one of the
leading southern
generals. He fought
prominently in the
battle of Second Bull
Run, and aftcrward
Mt Antictam. After .
that he was sent
west, and rose to the
k,uk of lieutenant
-.,,.rol In l.,,,t ~
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E1-vice President wheeler.s rronbesies

Ex-vice President whecler's Prophesies.
The late ex-Nice President Wheeler had a
great reputation as prophet. He foretold
the panic of 1915, and even went into minute
details which We're ufterward verified He
prophesied the nominations of Tiden and
Hayes in 1876. He said to Blaine just beforu
the Cincinnati convention: "Brotlcr Blaine.
don't set Your heart upon the presidential
nomination. The next candidate of the. Re
publican party for president is now governor
Of Ohio. Chicago Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1887-08-13

''Vr'H'I1ts'' MUM MIMI NI BUI.4 KUN.
Before the 3Oth Pope had sent to Mcclellan.
at Alexandria, for horse feed and supplies fo,..
his cavalry. Gen. Mcclellan sent him back
word that the supplies would be Forthcoming
as soon as Pope sent cavalry escort for
them.
Cen Pope says in his report: at was not
until after received this letter TINT began
successful issue to the operations with which
l was charged"
In the night of Sept. l, Immediately after
the battle of Chantilly, the Union army re-
treatrd TO Alexandria and the ,cfcns,,s about
Washington. Lee pursued n few miles and
then turned to new fields.
west. Gen Met t'lellah became again com.
mandrr of the Army of the Potomac, wlirh
Included also now the late army of Virginia.
The Dickinson press., 1887-08-13

those of the next two
days, was a brave
and accomplished
officer. He was born
in New York 1919,
AMI was graduated
1T West Point. He
served in the Mexi-
can war as n captain
of artillery. He was
in Fort Sumter with
Gen. Robert .indcr-
sou when the war
broke out, and fired
the first gun for the
Union against the
seeded state Of
c,,,thfnrf,lipo tpril
The Dickinson press., 1887-08-13

y W tto hIlh'l TN'ltiltT
Webster, colonel OF
the Twelfth N1assa.
clnsrtts regiment,
and only surviving
child of Daniel Web
ster. He was shot
through the lungs at
the head of Ills regi-
ncnt and died in n
few hours. Ills death
was greatly lament
ed. II. had held
many responsible
. government Offices
during his life. He
The Dickinson press., 1887-08-13
is whole heavy division, and through which

his whole heavy division, and through which
he must pass to join Jackson Mt Groveton.
If the pass had been well guarded he could
not have gone through it. Then Pore's army
might have defeated Jackson before lie was
REINFORCED. 1t was what Pope planned to
,lo. He expected Longstreet's coming. In
an order issued the morning of the goth, he
mentioned that hy tomorrow night or next
day. Longstrcct would he upon them.
Gen. John Bell Hood. of the Confederate army,
was a kcntuckian, horn in 1881 He passed
through the courSc at WcSt Point and served in
The Dickinson press., 1887-08-13
,e was a western man of large stature

AMI >"l':lrrly ap-
pcar;,ncc. He was
bora in Illinois in
l>'.... g: MS grad
uatei at West Point
l., tor. lr was 20
year, Old. lie was
assigned at once to
the choice engineer
corps and was sent
to Florida to s,,r-
vey the boundary
line there. He
served with honor
in the Mexican
The Dickinson press., 1887-08-13

Give this man ten minutes and hang him."
tEundered Longstreet. "Let the columns
push forward Immediately"
The columns moved on But when they
did so they left behind them man i'll Con-
federate gray hanging to Il roadside tree,
The Dickinson press., 1887-08-13

tcerS, was n colonel
in the regular army.
lie was II West Point
graduate, born in
Delaware in 1922. He
was n gallant Mcxi-
can war officer, dis
tinguiSlling himself
at Cerro Gorlo. He
served with tlistinc.
tion i'll the Army Of
the Potomac during
the war, taking nc.
tive part i'll tile bat
ties of Popc's cam.
paign. Gen. Sykes
,li,,,l IN 1901
The Dickinson press., 1887-08-13
CEDAR MOUNTAIN.

By Aug. 9Pols.s army was largely concen-
trated l'etwecn Culpepper Court House and
Cedar mountain. Banks led the advance and
was not far from Cedar mountain. Popcs
The Dickinson press., 1887-08-13

MANASSAS, OR SECOND BULL RUN.
On Saturday, Aug. 80, was fought the
bloody battle which the Fcdcrals call the sec.
on'l battle of Bull Run. The Comrcderatcs
named it Manassas. "a, they won it, per-
haps, they have the best right to give it a
namc,' writes Mr.. John Goldman Ropes.
At tln Lnt1l.
The Dickinson press., 1887-08-13

ten Irwin Mcdowell commanded Pop"'s Third
corps in Virginia He was born in Coiunbus o.
The Dickinson press., 1887-08-13

brigad,rr general of volun.
The Dickinson press., 1887-08-13

In th" second battle of Bull RGn Gen. Robert G.
Schrnck had his arm shattered hy hall. lie was
born in Ohio in l00. lnlil.o most of the gcncrNls
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31
Hold Up the Light.

The famous Eddystone lighthouse,
off the coast of Cornwall, England, was
first built in a fanciful way by the
learned and eccentric Winstanley. On
its sides he put various boastful inscrip-
tons. He was very proud of his struc-
ture, and from his lofty balcony used
boldlyto defy the storm, crying" Blow,
o Winds Rise, O ocean! Break forth,
we elements, and try my work." But
one fearful night the sea swallowed up
the tower and its builder. The light
house was built second time of wood
and stone by Rudgard. The form was
good, but the wood gave hold for the
elements and the builder and his
structure persisted in the flames. Next
the great SmeatOn was called. He
raised cone from the solid rock upon
which it was built, and riveted it to
rocks, as the oak is fastened to the
earth by its roots. From the rock of
the foundation he took the rock of the
superstructure. He carved upon it no
boastful inscriptions like those of Win
stanley, but on its lowest course he
put: Except the Lord build the house
they labor in vain that build it," and
on its keystone, above the lantern, the
simple tribute, " LauS Deo!" and the
structure still stands, holding its beacon
light to storm-tossed mariners. Fell
low-workers for the salvation of men,
Christ the Light must be held up be-
fore men or they will perish. Let us,
then, place him on no superstructure
of our own device. Let us rear no
tower of wood, or wood and stone.
But, taking the Word of God for our
foundation, let us build our structure
upon its massive, solid truth, and on
every course put Smeaton's humble in
scription, and then we may be sure that
the lighthouse will stand.-The Pres
Jyteridn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31
Seeking and Finding.

d" / love them that love me; and those
that seek me early shall find me-"
Jesus Christ himself used words almost
identical with these, for he said, "If
any man love me, / will manifest my
self to him." nothing shall be kept
back from his reverent scrutiny. We
should know more of Christ if we loved
him more. Il thank thee, O Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, that thou
hast hid these things from the wise and
prudent and hast revealed them unto
babes; even so, Father; for so it SEEM
eth good in thy sight" "And those
that seek me early" The word early"
is not in the original. The passage
therefore might be read thus: And
those that seek me shall find me-" Yet
we cannot altogether throw out the
word "early;" it seems to complete
the rhythm. The word "seek," as
originally employed, is a word which
involves the meaning of seeking IN the
daacn-iust as the east is whitening
little, just as the day is being born.
Thus we have some claim to the word
early" There are men who do not
wait until midday in order to resume
their journey after they have been be-
nighted; they have, indeed, succumbed
to circumstances, saying, "The dark
ness has overtaken us, and here we
must lie;" but the moment there is a
streak in the east up they start, the staff
is resumed and the journey is prose-
cuted with renewed energy. This is
the image of the text: They that seek
me in the dawn shall find me; they
that seek me at daybreak, they that
come after me ere the dew be risen
shall find me, and we shall have long
morning talk together; when the soul
is young, when the life is free, when
the heart is unsophisticated, they that
seek me in the dawn shall find me, for
l have been waiting for them-yea,
standing by them whilst they were
sleeping, and half hoping that the mo-
ment they open their eyes they would
see me, and exclaim, Blessed Spirit,
take charge of my poor, young, little,
frail life all the day and tell me what l
ought to do!' Fool is he who begins
the day prayerlessly, who takes his own
life into his own hand; verify, in doing
so he puts his money into bags with
holes in them, and at night he shall
have nothing.-Joseph Parker, DID,.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31
A Canary's Four Notes.

In the song of canary four notes are
recognized by dealers, and they can tell
by listening to it for few min utes
whether the bird is German or Ameri-
can. They are the water note, which
is ripping, gurgling, attractive bit of
warbling like the murmur of rill; a
flute note, clear and ringing; the whist
ling note, of the same class, but very
much finer, and the rolling note, which
is a continuous melody, rising and fall
ing only to rise again. 1t is in the last
named note that the American birds
fail. They cannot hold it. Another
difference between the two is that Ger
man canaries are night singers-they
will Sing until the light is eXtinguished.
But American birds put their heads
under their wings with darkness. DE
trOit Free Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31
Common Duties.

Common duties furnish the only safe
and sure plane upon which man may
begin life, whether he believes himself
destined to be hod-carrier or the presi-
dent of the United States. If there is
any fact attested by the biographies of
great men it is this: that the road to
success runs at first always parallel
with the pathway of humble duty. All
successful men have begun to walk in
this path, and have continued in it until
they found themselves in the highway
of success. Indeed, there is no other
way of reaching that highway, for it
is nothing else than the confluence of
many paths of humble duty. Common
duties are those that lie at hand. Peo-
pie do not go seeking fortunes nova
days. If they do they are most likely
to end in the penitentiary or the poor
house. Any man who has hands can
put them out and find something to do.
If Abraham Lincoln had gone to Wash
ington to seek his fortune as president
of the United States he would never
have been president. Instead of that
he stayed at home and split rails and
the presidency came seeking him. We
90 to school to common duties. A win
ter at the wood-pile will teach man
more than half the things necessary to
make him a good president. Ten years
at honest work is liberal education.
There have been men who were splen-
did blacksmiths before they became
splendid preachers; but they would
never have become splendid preachers
if they had been poor blacksmiths. We
learn all the fundamentals in the school
of common duty: No quality that
makes man really great is foreign to
the faithful discharge of any duty, how
ever humble. The rewards of common
| duties are cumulative. 1t is in this
sense that they prepare man for the
higher responsibilities and honors of
| life. The rewards which follow hum
. BILE labor, with the interest accruing
from them, constitute capital for real
izing greater achievements. First
learn to do well what lies at hand, and
when you have done this you will find
that other things come to hand. The
man who splits rails as no other man in
his town can split them is the man
whom the world will never suffer to re-
main always rail-splitter. Our hum
BILE duties, our common duties-if we
only appreciate them as we ought-they
are the making of every man and every
woman. They are not obstacles, not
things to be gotten over and gotten
around in the best way we can while
we endeavor to reach greater things.
They are the stepping-stones to these
greater things. The world does not
ask us what we can do; it asks us what
we have done. Is it not plain that nc
one of us has done anything until he
has made beginning? And that nc
man ever made a beginning but with
the first things?-Pdul Postnor, IN lions
Herald.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31
The Journey of Life.

No one, remarks the Independent,
passes through the journey of this life,
Though it be but of moderate length,
without losing kindred and friends by
death whom he tenderly loved when
living and continues to love long after
they are gone. If one lives to an ad-
|vanced age he usually has a far greater
number of such friends in the next
world than he has in this. Death
sweeps them away, and sometimes he
lis left almost alone in respect to the
cherished companionships of his earthly
life. To these loved ones dead he can
render no service, and, so far as we
know, from them receive none. He
may think of them, but he can do moth
ling for them. They are entirely be-
|yond the reach of his action. He can
speak no kind word to them and give
them no good advice. He can make no
sacrifices to promote their joys. The
lesson to be learned from this fact is
that we should act towards our kindred
and friends while they are living as
we, if surviving them, will wish we had
acted when they are sleeping in the
grave. Let the husband and the wife
81 lICdI CdCu OIlCl, WullC IHCy nOlu
this relation, that the death of neither
will give the other any occasion for re-
greet on account of misconduct. Let
parents and children, brothers and SIS
tiers, friends intimately associated-and,
indeed, all men-observe the same rule
and this certainly would be much
happier world. The rule would lessen
the number of family quarrels and
make life more serene and more like
heaven. Fewer hard speeches would
pass between men. Gentleness and
kindness would be the law of human
action. We once heard man who
had just lost a most excellent wife
say, " / am now sincerely sorry fol
every unkind word / ever spoke to tina
woman. | wish | could tell her SO
and in some way receive from her thu
expression of her forgiveness. ! would
give twenty thousand dollars if | cOulC
thereby blot out all such words" W.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31
,URTIs A. BARrLETT's ESTATE.

In Probate Court held at Montpelier in and Tor said
District ON the Goth day of August, A. ID. 1887;
Clinton Cutler, Administrator OF the estate of
Curtis A. Bartlett late of Planeld, In said District,
deceased, makes application to said Court; with the
and heirs of said deceased, for license to sell all
of the real estate of said deceased, situated In Plain
field i'm said District, to wit; The Home Farm rep
resenting that the sale thereof would be beneficial
10 the widow and heirs of said deceased and those
interested in his estate, in order to convert
said real estate into money. Whereupon, it is
he referred TO a session thereof TO he held at
the Prohate once in said Montpelier, the 18TH
day of September, A. D. 1881 for hearing and decision
thereon and It is further ordered that all persons
Interested be notified hereof by publication OF notice
of said application and order thereon three weeks
successfully In the Vermont Wdtchmdn 6 state Jour
nal a newspaper published at Montpelier, in this
state, and which crcuates In the neighhorhood of
those Interested, before said time of hearing, that
they may appear at said time and place, and, II they
see cause object thereto. by the Court.-Attest,
1921 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.